gloiní

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡl̪ˠɪnʲiː/, /ˈɡlˠɪnʲiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glainide (“made of glass”). By surface analysis, gloine (“glass”) +‎ -í.

Adjective

gloiní

1. glassy, vitreous, crystalline, clear

   Synonym: gloiniúil

Declension

Declension of gloiní

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gloiní	ghloiní	gloiní; ghloiní²
Vocative	ghloiní		gloiní
Genitive		gloiní	gloiní	gloiní
Dative	gloiní; ghloiní¹	ghloiní	gloiní; ghloiní²
Comparative	níos gloiní
Superlative	is gloiní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• gloiniúcha (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

gloiní

1. plural of gloine
2. glasses, spectacles

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gloiní	ghloiní	ngloiní
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.